Besides the usual Christmas decorating and shopping for gifts, I usually write my own greeting card. This year I get to locate the software and install it before I write the poem, select the photograph, and do all the printing and addressing.
We're also looking into an Earthwatch vacation and doing all of our other vacation, school, and financial planning.
That leaves me with the rest of the work:
Dec. 12th write Christmas Poem, Review Gornick from last quater, write essay
Dec 13th Read to the End of June, write essay, review Iversen, write poem
Dec 14th write two essays and get caught up and review Hoffert, attend Father Son Tournament at the Ritz Carleton
Dec 15th Read Breaking Night, write essay
Dec 16th write two essays, review Jamison, Read Florida Business
Dec 17th Read Turbulent Journey, write essay, review Mom books
Dec 18th write three essays, Review photo flash
Dec 19th Read Rehab Nation, write two essays, review feminist SF
Dec 20th write two essays, review China SF
Dec 21st Read Surrounded by Madness
Dec 22 write two essays, review China eras
Dec 23 Read Ordering the Storm, write essay
Dec 24 write two essays, build the outline for my final paper and populate
Dec 25 Read Swamp Songs, write essay
Dec 26 write two essays, review poetry book
Dec 27 Read Feral City write essay
Dec 28th write two essays, review memoir on grief
Dec 29th read Let it Be Dark Roux write essay
Dec 30th write two essays, review memoir on mental illness
Dec 31st read Homeless: Poverty and Place, write essay
Jan 1st read Desire Zoo, Sun Under Wood, review journal
Jan 2nd write two essays
Jan 3 read Light & Mysteries and Tell Me
Jan 4th write three essays
I need to also generate 10 poems and work on my sample that I want to provide the first week as well as stay in touch with my connections. The books vary in length from 100 pages to 400 pages, so sometimes I can read and review and write in the same day while others overflow. Most of the techni